the maori babyhood to clear in connection with the clothes and. made. the movie the reticent. country for. foreign intervention in troubled libya gets clips as the u.s. reposition its naval forces in the region and the u.k. refuses to rule out using military assets against the regime at the same time military stated no air strikes which the western media have been reporting have actually occurred on the ground and would be more in doubt in just a few moments. key west and nations have been quick to back the arab uprising despite years of helping the old regimes who think they see stands a person like to throw the ball. and it's day one of the much heralded overhaul approaches the police to try to stop that trust in the force but many say

the revamping of the skin. is aussie life from moscow now the u.s. has started repositioning its heavy hitting warships in the mediterranean triggering speculation of a nato invasion of libya britain is vowing to set up a no fly zone in the region that is threatening to use military forces against his regime and it is in london with. the strongest sign among several strong signs that they are ramping up this pressure is this repositioning of the u.k. the u.s. is warships in the region we've seen the aircraft carrier u.s.s. enterprise which is literally bristling with choice of planes moved from pirate

controlling for pirates off the coast of somalia down now to the mouth of the suez canal which is within a flying distance of libya and there's talk that it might be moved even closer we've also heard u.k. prime minister david cameron talk about setting up a no fly zone in libya that essentially means that any aircraft that takes off inside libya will potentially be able to be shot down by u.k. and allied forces under the assumption that aircraft that do take off are headed to be turned against the libyan people themselves and that in fact is similar to a position that was taken against saddam hussein no fly zone was imposed in iraq ahead of the invasion of iraq and we also heard talk that there's a possibility that jets will be based in u.k. cross bases in cyprus to perform those functions and we've also heard some reports unconfirmed that western powers are also preparing to. forces inside

libya and of course this all comes against the backdrop of a very strong statement from the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton he said that the u.s. is ready to offer and i quote any type of assistance libyans who wish to oust gadhafi and in all of this we shouldn't forget that there is still usable u.s. naval base in of rain that's the headquarters of the u.s. navy's fifth fleet and thousands of sources cheering the gulf war were flown from bahrain over to iraq and it could be an important base in any military intervention that is could take place in libya the u.n. has imposed trade restrictions an arms embargo. and it's also frozen foreign assets all of which is intended to store the regime of cash that might be intended to hire foreign mercenaries to support russia is also against this no fly zone that's being proposed by cameron and others and also the international community together with russia supports a u.n.

security council unanimous vote she referred libya and most specifically cadabby national criminal courts for an investigation into breaches of human rights during this time of crimes against humanity that may have taken place in libya whilst seeming to turn the army on his own people the argument being that of course could be and his loyal supporters will presumably think twice about turning the army in and other weapons on its own people if it thinks that the full force of international law will be brought down against it remains to be seen whether this military intervention will in fact take and take place or whether this is just threats to. his supporters and whether in fact these sanctions and this action by the international court of human rights will be enough. for international relations experts john mclaughlin told r.t. the nato members are designed to get a foothold in a crumbling a country. i certainly think military intervention is on the cards we know it's on

the cards because government leaders have said they're not ruling it out libya is an important state and the west does want to try to establish some sort of control over the situation it's because it wants to recuperate the situation it wants to muscle in and appropriate to itself developments which it did which it did not and this eate it's a way is a repeat of the west muscling in on the situation and trying to present itself in a virtuous light by bringing war crimes or other prosecutions against the libyan leadership whereas of course as we all know the west including my own country britain has got its hands very dirty with the leadership over recent years now the reports are that libya mobilizing its air force against its own people spread quickly around the world russia's military says they've been watching from space in the pictures tell a very different story our season again newscasts. at this point we have

information from russia's joint staff were are saying that they have monitoring the situation in libya from space by satellite since the beginning of the unrest in the country and according to them some of the reports why they made by the western media are not entirely corresponding to the pictures that they are getting to be more precise according to al-jazeera and to b.b.c. on the twenty second of february libyan government has inflicted the air strikes on bin ghazi the biggest city in the country and on tripoli and according to russia's military the have not registered any of those air strikes according to them that pictures show that nothing all of that sort has been going on the ground know if we also focus on the futures on the footage that we've been getting from the country we may be able to notice that there are absolutely no signs of any destruction inflicted by attacks from air or by libyan air force in those pictures so at this point russia's military is saying that as far as they're concerned they have not

seen any attacks so they can pretty much make a judgment that those attacks which the western media has been reporting on problems are being made the russian military is also working in very close cooperation with russia's ministry of foreign affairs than they're monitoring not just the military situation not just tripoli and other cities and we be out there also being a very close attention to the or the destruction facilities and they are keeping us up to date as to what is happening on the ground from space. in the media reports suggest the new leader has found his closest ally in the country off the. last thing takes a bell or brings it out these planes that allegedly spotted in the capital minsk something that the russian foreign ministry denies. connections between the team. according to experts from the stockholm based international peace research institute sixty two aircraft to call in the middle of february from the air base

in belle russia in the town of but on of each and headed for the libyan town of south which according to experts is indeed a key strategic center in in libya this base from where the sixty two airplane took off in bel air was is represents a stockpile of different weaponry gooding rocket launchers and machine guns and other sorts of weaponry and allegedly they headed for libya now this a legit transfer of weaponry from belarus to libya happened before the u.n. security council imposed an embargo on all weapons sales to libya this is the latest in a string of different allegations connecting minsk in tripoli which surfaced in the last several weeks several days ago media outlets reported that eyewitnesses supported mercenaries from belarus fighting on the khadafi side on the side of conduct these troops in libya among the several media outlets reported that gadhafi

is private jet was spotted landing in a men's airport before flying back to libya these claims have been denounced by the country's foreign ministry which called insinuations against minsk. keep you updated throughout the middle east and north africa and there's also more news as analysis available on our website. well those that are behind the arab uprisings are having no trouble finding friends in the west but it's an abrupt change of heart for those countries that have been supporting the previous regimes for decades paul is clear in our thoughts and the deep suspicion in the middle east that the u.s. and its allies are tailoring democracies to fit their interests. demonstrations for

regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire western powers of com are backing the protests demanding regime change dramatically changing the colors in supporting the ousting of authoritarian rulers they backed only weeks ago as demonstrations sweep across the arab world western governments support a call for change but is it a call for change or is it actually a call for regimes if they want in power it's not the first time the west has shown an approach to democracy in the arab world six years ago elections in gaza were hailed internationally as a massive milestone for the middle east. and representatives from the west renowned political figures and organizations who were present during the election and monitored it confirmed its authenticity to the world. for when the results were in that authenticity was ignored one of the general. standing here is that.

the worst support democracy as long as it's good for them and give it is not good for. their interests and their. supporters and the west most certainly did not support and you have us government despite being voted in by more than sixty percent of gazans western powers believe also must a terrorist organization yet. there are not really many instances of genuine democracy in the west the people for democracy but when people make a democratic choice like choosing among us if used to help a western democracies a faster marker see democracy double standards for the benefit in europe. which is why as soon as hamas was voted in western governments got busy with trying to do set out to boycott and sanctions which raises the question why support free elections in the first place but not there are come. i believe the west is in constant need of regimes that go along with its policy is the shooter serve the

west its procedures will be elected by their own people. i believe to them irgens. don't really know how to handle this situation their way relationship is qadhafi aware of their clinical there were times when your post him and go bother him. when he supported them when he gave them the oil but now he's no longer of use and like to take his elsewhere who at the start of the year were in favor when the waste has been ditched the hopes of the arab world for change under obama appear to be dwindling among some political figures at least than that of president bush the lot of criticism. after the advent of president obama there was a lot. of welcome to the new america and mr obama. i would have hoped that. the administration under president obama. but the

protesters across the arab world hoping to topple dictators in the quest for democracy may find that the choice may not be as free as they'd hoped for with a middling hand from a far still pulling the strings policy r.t. tel aviv. what do you say with the discover his messing with the minds of leading american politicians. the pentagon wanting to extract more resources from the senate to support your mission using one of the techniques they used against the taliban against the united states senate. he had a capitol hill over of course with the military of the moon scott lots ball rolling get to keep caps. it's a new start for russia's police force with major changes kicking off today and it all begins in a change of name brought reforms were ordered for a series of high profile councils or public trust sink to an all time low as ours

easier that in a lot of our report says a lot riding on the overhaul success. a change of tired old and hopefully a change in attitudes these law enforcement officers are abandoning their soviet era name of needs here in favor of the world the recognizable police for the government it's a first step down a long road towards modernizing the service and arresting a sharp decline in public perception. the people stressed of the boys in blue has been dealt a huge blow in recent years it's led to any zaya amongst officers and outrage from those they're supposed to protect it's against like a supermarket rampage by officer you opened fire an innocent shoppers killing two and wounding seven it was the final straw that fueled calls for reform but can changing their name bring about a change in behavior while some insist that. fact that there were so many accidents with police officers behaving illegally

in russia during the previous years. this very effect is not going to be changed by the change of the law because these illegal practices were contrary to the previous legislation as well as cauldron of the current work the big question is whether there is the political will to really. take that under control and police themselves though are preparing for the changes to come up with a huge part of our ratings will depend on the people of this country how they value each outperformance this colonel is already grasping the essence of modernizing the force her students seem eager to absorb as much information before their upcoming exams so there it was that everyone will be tested physical ability knowledge of new law civic duties all those are included in there will be no intelligence is

really will either pass the terrorists believe that force other changes are a mixed blessing there'll be a twenty percent cut in personnel but the remaining officers will get a pay rise there will be better screening of new recruits with every detail of an applicant's background put under the microscope but until all that takes effect officers have to knuckle down to the job in hand restoring honor to russia's police is a tough task and the public are no pushover judges but the force is determined to turn that around reexamining redesigning uniforms all those changes are a lot of time to be fully implemented one of the first things to change all the signs like these which soon will feature internationally recognizable policing casuarinas are lost. ok let's run through some of the world's other big stories this hour now and in yemen on this approach to news around your university in the capital despite the president's pledge to form

a unity government with position figures but not enough for the demonstrators who insist that alyea villas the way mass turned is the real world these are twenty four people have died is it have we a violence. germany's defense minister has quit after it was found that he can't leave large parts of his university doctorate off the internet caulfield all good gutenberg has been considered a high flyer and potential candidate the chancellor but now he's relinquished all political roles have been stripped of his ph d. it tried to cling to his job pals of the students a lecture is kept up the pressure for him to go. another route quake has been felt in new zealand this time in the capital wellington casualties reported as a result of the four point five magnitude tremor but anxious residents saved in the streets unsure of buildings was safe it comes as the city of christchurch held two

minutes silence to mark a week since much of the business district was destroyed the more powerful quake efficient the number of dead is one hundred fifty five that's widely expected to rise much higher. well scientists hope that they'll be able to predict the possibility of an earthquake up to ten days ahead in speaking to one of the experts involved in a joint russian or british project with a third interviews here in just a few minutes but here's some of what he had to say. the idea is that hopefully in the future if we can understand the relationship between signals in the on a sphere and earthquakes we might ultimately be able to create a constellation of spacecraft which would be able to predict the main damage from an earthquake is not the actual quake itself which usually before i was and that sort of thing that happened after the earthquake and you can prevent a lot of that you know you know things like to turn off the gas mains to turn off the electricity to reduce the likelihood of fire and just to prepare people for no

good likelihood of an earthquake so you will save a lot of lives that way. now claims that the american military has been getting its own way by psychologically manipulating the country's decision makers is raising hackles on capitol hill rolling stone magazine says army officials altered groups then as seems to put pressure on congressman visiting out down a stand to get more money and support for the war are to damage plans except the story. were u.s. lawmakers brainwashed by the military when making key decisions on supporting the escalation of war in afghanistan that's a question posed by rolling stone magazine which alleges lieutenant general william caldwell the man in charge of training in afghanistan ordered psychological operations against visiting senators and congressional delegations to manipulate them into backing more funding and troops for the war there is the head of

a special unit that conducts psychological operations now termed information support operations said he was told to provide quote deeper and now a series of pressure points we could use to leverage the delegation from more fronts. my job in science is to clean with people's heads to get the you need to behave the way we want them to behave and for him from doing that to our own people when you ask me to try to use these skills on senators and congressmen you're crossing a line moreover it's illegal to do so according to the defense department's own definition psychological operations imply do use of propaganda and psychological tactics to influence emotions and behaviors and are supposed to be used exclusively on hostile for a group. but instead of fighting afghan insurgents holmes and his team were systematically ordered to use their training to influence u.s. members of congress it is

a methodology used for enemy yes this is not something you do with allies who are members of your own government tasked with oversight responsibilities of your operation that's why the senators were there not to be pals not to be partners but to have oversight over what the pentagon was doing and because the pentagon not wanting that every oversight as much and wanting to extract more resources from the senate to support your men mission he used one of the techniques they used against the taliban against the united states senate that's that's incredible the long list of high profile targets including carl levin who's the chairman of the senate armed forces committee steve israel a member of the house appropriations committee senators john mccain and out franken i don't see how it could have affected my position. so we'll see what happens but back in january last year steve clemons reported on the sudden shift of some senators views that to their visit to afghanistan was

a very big jump in shift and i felt it was something i wrote about and i called while this is like a confidence game it's you know you feel as if the military is manipulating people but i didn't know about these things article at the time or about psyops one example it's. senator al franken who in january last year went to afghanistan with strong doubts and criticism but came back feeling much better but some say the reported use of psychological camp takes to influence politicians could be happening not only in afghanistan but here in washington as well. tends to be the belief that they trust what you call leaders during the war but you can't trust the military leaders behind a war that's not really the case in the military is just. the best things to its own benefit. unfortunately congressmen are all too willing to believe now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to

try and downplay the fact that this report lieutenant general caldwell has already denied having given such orders but if true for many it's going to be a fraud a testament to the wobbliness of civilian control over the military in today's america i'm going to check on our key washington d.c. . and look now with some of the top stories in just a few moments to the business update with tina. and i welcome to business because we have you with us saudi arabia has analysis will not use this crude oil output until the price for bread of crude reaches one hundred twenty dollars a barrel that's according to sources in opec last march the world's biggest don't have oil reserves announced plans to increase oil production in a move to slow down the price surge over the middle east unrest this comes as oil prices continue to strengthen pushing inflation risks up first it is true that

there took from manchester business school says the wave of inflation caused by the oil price hike will inevitably reach russia however not immediately. if the inflation continues to be. conclusively increase then i would think it comes a lot russia would feel bit. later on not immediately because initially the congolese selling pressure will bear the cost of rising. oil prices by reducing the profits and they'll be no competitive pressures as well so i think it will take a while least a year or so for the prices. of imported goods and services. are cyclical bull markets you've been markets gave back early gains that are trading in the in the in the red losses for financial stocks and some oil companies offset gains for the mining and auto sectors banking giant ages b.c.

holding is putting the upward trend on the four c. losing two point four percent it was downgraded to neutral from buy at u.b.s. following monday's disappointing results. and the russian markets are trading lower the close will be obvious trading just a notch and the wise it's losing a quarter of a percent traders will be buying another branch of the statistics from the u.s. banking stocks and energy nadya's are all down now let's have a look at some individual share moves rosneft is moving over the side of the art he has cast from adding point two percent of them isaac's after the gaston after he won the rights to develop the code with the field in eastern siberia previous losing over two percent courthouse mine a total carli advance for the third day gaining two now for sas after an earlier point that it plans to boost prices and preserve. castro will finally be able to develop a giant coverage to gas field which has enough reserves to cover global needs for up to eight years russia's gas giant has successfully bought all assets of the

bankrupt conflict operator russian petroleum in a deal worth up to seven hundred seventy million dollars previous owners failed to meet license requirements to produce nine billion cubic meters a year as a conventional enough buyers gazprom hopes the deal will help secure past deliveries to china but i don't say russia will have to fight with her quickly took many stars but the chinese market. region is very promising but there is a question of prices china wants a significant discount we will have to compete with those central asian harness all ready to deliver billion cubic meters of gas to china at a discount in other words russia will have to link future deliveries to some cheap loan from the development bank of china we will have to look at zero profitability just to develop the area around. worthless third god just all can retain k.b.p.s. record of fifty percent certain is the major mostly benefited from high crude

prices and increased production while and gas output growing most two percent to around one point eight million barrels a day how fighting the peace new oil fields in siberia. and russia like you factoring output has reached its highest level three years because he's purchasing managers index rose to over fifty three points held by new business growth and stronger than last about index which is compiled from a survey of purchasing executives and three hundred companies indicates a contraction if it's below fifty points and growth if it's above fifty. general motors has pledged to argue listen all three hundred fifty thousand cars in russia production will mostly use russian made components so now the u.s. carmakers has been producing cars in cooperation with several russian companies last year its sales in russia grew by twelve percent g.m. has reportedly been weighed weighing of partnerships with russia's gas and after

the war. as part of the plan to increase production capacity in russia under the russia's new requirements for a cause produced in the country mostly comprised of at least sixty percent locally made components. it's also new for this hour but you can always buy all stars on our website i actually got questions. ah. that is the compliment and mobile home is to meet the creation of the coolest food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. journal trading the actual cash physical grain your trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for

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